The statement also acknowledged the reality of what happened to Petito at Laundrie’s hands: “We all know Brian took Gabby’s life and Brian then took his own as well. Let the parents of both Gabby and Brian mourn and remember them in peace.”

However, what is currently making headlines is Gabby Petito's mother, Nichole Schmidt's reaction to the use of AI for her daughter's voice. She told The Independent that: "I think

Brian Laundrie's parents, whose son killed his fiancée, Gabby Petito, on a cross-country trip in 2022, are speaking out after the release of American Murder: Gabby Petito, a new three-part Netflix documentary on the case,

Petito’s parents, Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt, are currently suing the Laundries after claiming they knew that their son had intentionally killed their daughter and refused to tell them.

After declining to participate in the documentary, Brian's parents shared a statement about the Netflix special, in which they called the series "one-sided."